Recent ADR Journal stories tagged India.
The Calcutta High Court issued an order appointing a sole arbitrator to adjudicate disputes between Damodar Valley Corporation and Debeanjana Hard Coke Private Limited. The disput...
On July 6, the Delhi High Court ruled that documents obtained from confidential arbitral proceedings cannot ordinarily be relied on in separate arbitration cases. This decision ar...
The Delhi High Court has enforced two foreign arbitral awards worth approximately $99 million in favor of Vedanta Limited and Singapore-based Ravva Oil. The dispute originates fro...
The Delhi High Court has held that a party who acknowledges receipt of an arbitral award via WhatsApp and takes steps to implement it cannot later challenge the award on the groun...
On July 7, 2026, the Bombay High Court upheld an arbitral award requiring Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL) to pay Rs 86.02 lakh plus interest to an investor affe...
India is preparing new bilateral investment treaties that will specifically include foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) and provide them with improved access to international arbit...
On 20 June 2026, the Supreme Court of India ruled that an arbitration clause included in an agreement cannot eliminate the jurisdiction of consumer courts. The Court set aside low...
The Supreme Court of India in Hirani Developers v. Nehru Nagar Samruddhi CHS Ltd. and Ors. (2026 INSC 484) addressed whether an arbitration clause from one agreement can be applie...
On June 2, the Gujarat High Court stayed arbitration proceedings involving claims of approximately ₹100 crore against Vapi Municipal Corporation (VMC) regarding disputes over lake...
On July 3, 2026, the Delhi High Court referred the question of whether time spent in mediation should be excluded from statutory deadlines for filing written statements and replic...
On July 2, 2026, the Delhi High Court referred the defamation case filed by TV Today Network and its managing editor Anjana Om Kashyap against educator Faisal Khan ('Khan Sir') an...
The Supreme Court of India has changed the legal framework regarding interim relief for parties challenging arbitration awards. Until now, award-debtors seeking to contest an awar...
On June 12, 2026, the Supreme Court of India referred a long-running defamation dispute between Karnataka IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri and IPS officer D Roopa Moudgil to mediation....
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has been awarded Rs 1,202 crore in an arbitration proceeding against IRB relating to claims for unpaid premium and revenue share.
On 12 May 2026, the Supreme Court of India ruled on a compensation dispute over land acquired for the widening of National Highway No. 547-E. The National Highways Authority of In...
On April 28, 2026, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) directed Eros International Media Ltd. and Colour Yellow Productions Pvt. Ltd. to resolve their dispute through arbitra...
The Supreme Court of India has clarified the interpretation of Section 34(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, ruling that the prior notice requirement to the opposit...
The Supreme Court of India dismissed the State of West Bengal's appeal against a Calcutta High Court decision that found its petition challenging an arbitral award under Section 3...
At a London conference focused on Indo-UK commercial dispute resolution, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant emphasized that the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) must be backed b...
BRICS justice ministers, under India's 2026 chairship, met in Gandhinagar and adopted a joint declaration committing the group to enhanced cooperation in alternative dispute resol...
The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that the limitation period to challenge an arbitral award under Indian law begins only when a signed copy of the award is served on the concern...
On June 19, 2026, the Bombay High Court dismissed Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's (ONGC) challenge to a $24.7 million international commercial arbitration award issued in favor...
The Supreme Court of India ruled that the presence of an arbitration clause in a flat purchase agreement does not remove the jurisdiction of the consumer forum to hear disputes. T...
In a recent ruling, the Bombay High Court held that damages paid by Tata Sons to Docomo under an arbitral award are not subject to Goods and Services Tax (GST). The judgment addre...